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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 28 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
DEMA-C from Poperinge, company number BE0642607380, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 585,329 after tax. For that financial year DEMA-C recorded a gross margin of € 2.2 million and equity of € 892,000. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 1.8 million to € 585,329. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 74 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 30, 2026.
€ 892,000
▼ 74% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 585,329
▼ 67% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 462,330
▼ 71% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3.2 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
12
▲ 0.7 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 890,721
▲ 14% vs 2025
€ 74,200 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 146,600
▲ 49% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 2.1 million
▲ 75% vs 2025
€ 214,675 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 2.6 million
▲ € 2.2 million vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 231,244
▼ 7% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,293,432 | € 1,690,860 | € 3,425,605 | € 2,214,014 | ▼ 35% |
| Profit after taxes | € 462,170 | € 600,629 | € 1,781,291 | € 585,329 | ▼ 67% |
| Equity | € 1,362,134 | € 1,762,763 | € 3,494,054 | € 892,000 | ▼ 74% |
| Total debts | € 3,413,337 | € 3,597,118 | € 3,430,950 | € 8,435,481 | ▲ 146% |
| Cash | € 233,478 | € 717,833 | € 1,616,265 | € 462,330 | ▼ 71% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,470,745 | € 1,378,501 | € 1,295,022 | € 3,654,490 | ▲ 182% |
| Retained profit | € 1,312,134 | € 1,712,763 | € 3,444,054 | € 842,000 | ▼ 76% |
| Dividend | € 50,000 | € 200,000 | € 50,000 | € 3,187,383 | ▲ € 3.1 million |
| Bank debt | € 1,758,975 | € 1,421,251 | € 1,195,279 | € 2,090,721 | ▲ 75% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,775,471 | € 5,359,881 | € 6,925,004 | € 9,327,481 | ▲ 35% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.4 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 12 | ▲ 0.7 |
By gross margin, DEMA-C ranks 3rd of 9 companies with main activity “Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan” in Poperinge that publish figures (fiscal year 2026).
Key figures of DEMA-C, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
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What happened to DEMA-C?
What happened at DEMA-C in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 585,329 (▼ 67% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Poperinge. KBO
- Dries Descamps became a director. NBB
- Arne Debaene became a director. NBB
In short
From € 462,170 profit in 2023 to € 585,329 profit in 2026.
Paid € 1 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 1.8 million profit.
On average € 184,500 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind DEMA-C are Dries Descamps and Arne Debaene.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Dries Descamps
Director
since 2015
Arne Debaene
Director
since 2015
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Frankrijklaan 24
8970 Poperinge
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Same main activity (Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan), 10 active companies in Poperinge, largest first.
€ 39.6 million revenue · 2025
€ 3 million gross margin · 2025
€ 2.4 million gross margin · 2025
€ 2.2 million gross margin · 2026
€ 1.7 million gross margin · 2025
€ 1.2 million gross margin · 2026
Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- DE BAENE Arne Joseph Corneel(oprichter) 50%
- DESCAMPS Dries Norbert(oprichter) 50%
Details
- Company number
- 0642.607.380
- VAT number
- BE 0642.607.380
- Registered office
- Frankrijklaan 24, 8970 Poperinge
- Names & denominations
- DEMA-C
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 November 2015
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Apr 2026
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan
Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw
Elektrotechnische installatiewerken van nijverheidsinrichtingen
Algemene elektrotechnische installatiewerken
Sanitaire werkzaamheden
Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door elektriciteit